First Presbyterian Church of Santa Rosa

05/28/2026

05/28/2026

One church. One service. One big table. ☀️ 🍔

Join us this Sunday at 10:30 as our whole church family comes together for a special combined service followed by a community BBQ. In a world where everyone is busy and spread thin, there’s something meaningful about slowing down, sharing a meal, and making memories together.

Come for worship, stay for the laughter, conversations, kids running around, and the kind of community that feels like home.

We can’t wait to gather with you. Bring a friend, bring your appetite, and come be part of it.

05/22/2026

The Spring Clean-Out Sale starts tomorrow at 9:00AM!! 1550 Pacific Ave., Santa Rosa, CA

05/13/2026

Reverend Dr. Cynthia Alloway recently retired from the Presbyterian Church of the Roses, where she faithfully served as pastor for twelve years. She began her life on a farm in Iowa and went on to build a career in nursing, working as a psychiatric nurse therapist in Iowa and San Francisco, a forensic nurse in New Jersey, and a parish nurse developing faith-and-health ministries in Iowa, Washington, D.C., and California.

While volunteering as Parish Nurse for the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., she discerned a call to ordained ministry. She earned a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2003 and later completed a Doctor of Ministry degree, with a focus on science and theology, at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 2013.

Before her ministry in Santa Rosa, Dr. Alloway served for seven years as Associate Pastor at the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey. She is also the co-founder of the Foundation for Peace, a medical-mission nonprofit organization. She finds particular joy in coordinating mission trips and leading intergenerational groups serving in orphanages and supporting church-building efforts in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and, most recently, Kenya.

She is married to Norm Smith, originally from the United Kingdom. Together they have seven adult children, seven grandchildren, and two beloved dogs.

05/13/2026

CALLING ALL EDUCATORS!
This is the sale you've been dreaming of!

05/13/2026

DON'T MISS THE FANTASTIC BARGAINS AT OUR SPRING CLEAN-OUT SALE!
• Books, furniture & décor
• Kitchen items
• Computer equipment, cables & software
plus much more!!

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day! 🌸

Today we celebrate and honor all mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers, spiritual mothers, and mother figures who love, serve, nurture, and encourage others every day. Your strength, compassion, faith, and sacrifices make a lasting impact on families, communities, and generations to come.

We also recognize that Mother’s Day can bring many different emotions. Whether today is joyful, difficult, healing, or bittersweet, know that you are loved, seen, and prayed for.

“Her children rise up and call her blessed.” — Proverbs 31:28

From all of us at First Pres, Happy Mother’s Day! 💐